Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!

Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.

Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.

Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.

August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

An Ultimate Kind of Day!

Oh yes, we don't get days like this often in the Fall and Winter. It was over 55F when I left home, and this afternoon it is over 70F. There was very light wind from the East, but not much to even consider during takeoff and landing. I treated the AW Ultimate to the day out, with 2 very pleasing flights. The additional 2 ounces of lead in the nose helped a little. The plane stays level and drops ever so little while inverted with no down elevator pressure. Flying inverted while climbing at 45degrees, the plane will not maintain that attitude...it increases its climb to vertical. The weight did not cause the plane to nose over on the grass, so I think I can use a little more weight up front. I think I can also use more expo if any is to be had because even at low rates, the plane is touchier around neutral than the rest of my planes (except the other 50cc plane, the Extra 330L.) Landings were awesome today...just nice and steady descent with no bubbles up or down, with wings staying real level, and riding just a little low throttle till going to idle inches off the ground. BTW, starts and restarts were a piece of cake like always. The DLE-55 ran like a top.
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